The big event doesn’t start until 8 p.m. Saturday, but C-SPAN is providing live coverage from the red carpet at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The dinner is well known as #nerdprom, and the nerd factor was given a huge boost with the arrival of Carrie Fisher and her dates: Tom Hiddleston, and Fisher’s dog Gary.

There's a dog at the White House Correspondence Dinner. Oh, and he brought @carrieffisher.